The Prolinnova network has long given great value to mutual learning between partners in different countries and continents – something that the Internet has made much easier. An example was the South–South mentoring that took place by Zoom in late June 2023: a partner in Nepal invited a partner in South Africa to share experiences …
The inception workshop for the new 3-year project (Jan 2023 – Dec 2025) funded by Misereor “Expanding the promotion of local innovation for food security and healthy nutrition to strengthen resilience, with a focus on women” (ELI-FaNS) took place in Accra on 20-24 February 2023. Representatives of the five Country Platforms involved in on-the-ground activities …
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Earlier in 2022, GFAR appointed Prolinnova to undertake a survey of members’ perceptions about innovation, especially local innovation and joint innovation processes. The assignment was led by the Brigid Letty from the Institute of Natural Resources (INR) in collaboration with Sharad Rai (Innovation Development Partners), who is also the Asia Regional Coordinator for Prolinnova. Thanks …
The International Partners Workshop (IPW) took place virtually in early October 2021, the first day being an online marketplace that gave partners in the Country Platforms a chance to share some experiences in promoting local innovation and participatory innovation development (PID) activities in their countries. The IPW focused on two main themes – institutionalisation of …
On 1 October, we had our first virtual marketplace for Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs). It was attended by 42 participants from various CPs, members of the Prolinnova Oversight Group, International Support Group and Friends of Prolinnova. Thanks to all the CPs and the farmer innovators for documenting the local innovation and PID processes. The videos …
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Prolinnova-SA participated in the virtual Africa Partners Workshop that took place in October 2020 – see the screen shot! AttachmentSize opening_session.jpg152.18 KB
Prolinnova SA participated in the Global Innovation Fair that was held in February 2021 – a first of its kind!! The event was organised by Prolinnova and A Growing Culture (AGC). We presented an example of a social innovation from KwaZulu-Natal, which was described by community member Bab’Duma. Take a look at the session via this …
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2020 was a quiet year for Prolinnova- South Africa, and also a stressful one for everyone, with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. An overview of key activities in the year can be found here. Prolinnova-SA annual report 2021
On 4 November 2017, upon the invitation of Max Olupot (AFAAS), Brigid Letty (a member of Prolinnova-South Africa and a member of the Prolinnova taskforce for the Eastern and Southern Africa Sub-region) attended an event that was a joint initiative of GFRAS (Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services) and AFAAS (African Forum for Agricultural Advisory …
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